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hagel or mr. donelan? >> you know, it seems to me that john kerry has been much more in the mainstream and sort of closer to where the administration has been. i think he has gone out as a troubleshooter for the administration on several occasions. >> rose: syria, for example. >> pakistan, syria, other places. and i suspect that president obama is not going to see in senator john kerry as much of an independent operator as we saw with, say, secretary clinton who pressed very hard with bob gates for a much more muscular expansion of the surge in afghanistan. she pressed very hard for the libya intervention. and i'm -- it's not clear to me yet that secretary kerry, if he is confirmed, would necessarily press as hard as she did on those issues. he may well surprise us on that. >> rose: she has high public marks for what she did as secretary of state. among the foreign policy people, what do they look at as her principal accomplishment? >> i think that the public marks have been a little bit higher, charlie, t
hagel or mr. donelan? >> you know, it seems to me that john kerry has been much more in the mainstream and sort of closer to where the administration has been. i think he has gone out as a troubleshooter for the administration on several occasions. >> rose: syria, for example. >> pakistan, syria, other places. and i suspect that president obama is not going to see in senator john kerry as much of an independent operator as we saw with, say, secretary clinton who pressed very...
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john mccain has, and others have promised to support an up or down vote on hagel. he'll be confirmed which i think is an affirmation the president generally gets his choice for a nominee even if they are a second rate nominee. >> does somebody pay the price -- >> i think that john mccain has paid a price already this week. he said at the beginning of the week that chuck hagel had answered all the queries that were put before him. then he derated ted cruz, the senator from texas that was suggesting that hagel may have had some money from north korea, or iran, or saudi arabia, with absolutely no basis, in fact. i mean now the charge, republicans have been talking about this and answering questions about it, the friends of-- hamas have endorsed chuck hagel there is no frensd of hamas, nobody can find them there is no such organization and rand paul is saying if this is true, it is a very serious thing. it is a terrible, terrible chapter. bill coan. >> woodruff: terrible for who. >> for the country, but for the republican party. they are going through a terrible exerci
john mccain has, and others have promised to support an up or down vote on hagel. he'll be confirmed which i think is an affirmation the president generally gets his choice for a nominee even if they are a second rate nominee. >> does somebody pay the price -- >> i think that john mccain has paid a price already this week. he said at the beginning of the week that chuck hagel had answered all the queries that were put before him. then he derated ted cruz, the senator from texas that...
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and that it would be chuck hagel. the fact that they didn't do that could mean that they are taking more time to line things up politically. or it could mean they are having second thoughts. policically there are really two issues. one there is criticism, i think largely unjust find of to the being supportive of israel. the one that you see less of has to do with the fact that if kerry is secretary of state and hagel is secretary of defense, is there a job for a senior woman at the top levels of the foreign policy team. >> brown: david ignatius, what do you see going on? >> well, i think president obama is not yet made up his mind. i think they got out ahead of themselves in a sense. they were floating hagel as if it was a done deal when it really wasn't. s there's been intense criticism. i think for obama to pullback on hagel after appearing to have done that on susan rice would present at the beginning of the second term an image of weakness domestically and also naturale: -- internationally. >> brown: and hagel, a
and that it would be chuck hagel. the fact that they didn't do that could mean that they are taking more time to line things up politically. or it could mean they are having second thoughts. policically there are really two issues. one there is criticism, i think largely unjust find of to the being supportive of israel. the one that you see less of has to do with the fact that if kerry is secretary of state and hagel is secretary of defense, is there a job for a senior woman at the top levels...
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hagel noted today 620 detainees have left guantanamo since 2002, 532 during the george w. bush administration and 88 since president obama took office. >> woodruff: so, where do things stand at guantanamo today? in all, 149 detainees still remain at the prison camp, from 19 different countries. 78 have been cleared for transfer or repatriation to their homelands. of the 71 detainees not cleared for transfer, the department of defense expects 20 will be prosecuted before military commissions. the 51 remaining prisoners have been deemed by the administration as too dangerous to release; however, there is not enough evidence to charge them with specific crimes. to sort through these numbers, and the complications of closing the detention facility at the naval base, we get two different views. benjamin wittes is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and author of the book, "detention and denial: the case for candor after guantanamo." and bahher azmy is legal director at the center for constitutional rights, an organization that currently represents ten detainees at the
hagel noted today 620 detainees have left guantanamo since 2002, 532 during the george w. bush administration and 88 since president obama took office. >> woodruff: so, where do things stand at guantanamo today? in all, 149 detainees still remain at the prison camp, from 19 different countries. 78 have been cleared for transfer or repatriation to their homelands. of the 71 detainees not cleared for transfer, the department of defense expects 20 will be prosecuted before military...
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he knows chuck hagel well, they traveled to iraq and afghanistan together. i think he admired hagel's strength and independence in standing up on some of these issues in the senate. and he i was intrigued by hagel's status as someone who has actually been an enlisted man, two purple hearts, understands the wages of war. >> rose: and are friends too, i mean he liked him. >> there's no doubt that he likes him. and i, you know, i think that the fact that they have a good and close working relationship is to the benefit of the country. >> rose: if political journalist and the public at launch doesn't understand something fundamental about what life is like inside the white house, not hours and not fat agency and not all of that, but the way it works, what is it we don't understand? well, i think the gate challenge in the swhous that nothing inconsequence comes there. the president always says if it's easy to solve, it never comes to me. so by definition you know, virtually everything that's being dealt with on a daily basis has, you know s deeply complex and gen
he knows chuck hagel well, they traveled to iraq and afghanistan together. i think he admired hagel's strength and independence in standing up on some of these issues in the senate. and he i was intrigued by hagel's status as someone who has actually been an enlisted man, two purple hearts, understands the wages of war. >> rose: and are friends too, i mean he liked him. >> there's no doubt that he likes him. and i, you know, i think that the fact that they have a good and close...
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. >> is endorsement of the chuck hagel and alan simpson, serious republican leaders during the day and the senate. >> close in the poll. connecticut -- linda mcmahon's second race, millions of dollars doesn't do it. joe donnelly in indiana and not against mourdock -- hanging on against mourdock, the tea party candidate. jon tester in an absolute dead heat -- >> heidekamp, the long shot parcourse in north dakota, a perfect candidate, basically even with the republic -- terrific candidate, basically even with the republican candidate. mccaskill is close, i think. >> to use t -- do you see much ticket splitting? a vote for obama or romney and then republican or democrat? >> i think we are in more plus n -- allies nation. >> ticket splitting would be helpful to romney, if the democrats held the senate, because romney could say to the crazies and his party that i have to make a deal with the democrats. >> back at bain? >> i am saying if elected, it might not be a tragedy -- >> republicans on not only going to keep tabs, probably going to keep most of their majority. the democrats would have
. >> is endorsement of the chuck hagel and alan simpson, serious republican leaders during the day and the senate. >> close in the poll. connecticut -- linda mcmahon's second race, millions of dollars doesn't do it. joe donnelly in indiana and not against mourdock -- hanging on against mourdock, the tea party candidate. jon tester in an absolute dead heat -- >> heidekamp, the long shot parcourse in north dakota, a perfect candidate, basically even with the republic -- terrific...
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defense secretary chuck hagel said if red flags were raised they were missed. >> obviously when you go back and look at all this, there were red flags, of course there were. should we have picked them up, why didn't we, all those questions need obe answered -- to be answered. >> who is going to take the wrap or get the wrap or both? >> there is a more important question here, this is another in a series of massacres from fort hood to tucson, new town and aurora, colorado. he wanted to end his life and he said i am going to go out like the other people did in a way i become famous and people write about me and talk about me and the way to do that is kill more people than anyone else and that is the draw and the attraction and the reward he got for the way he ended his life. when you get people like that they will look at the examples before them and they all go out and do the same thing or try to do worse. >> was that harsh? >> i don't know if he was in search of celebrity. because he didn't live long enough to see it. he had mental problems and sought help but no real follow up. the th
defense secretary chuck hagel said if red flags were raised they were missed. >> obviously when you go back and look at all this, there were red flags, of course there were. should we have picked them up, why didn't we, all those questions need obe answered -- to be answered. >> who is going to take the wrap or get the wrap or both? >> there is a more important question here, this is another in a series of massacres from fort hood to tucson, new town and aurora, colorado. he...
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secretary of defense chuck hagel has ordered the creation of an emergency response team in case additional ebola cases are discovered in the united states. a pentagon spokesman said the team of five infectious disease doctors, 20 critical care nurses and five experts on infectious- disease protocols would work alongside civilian health care workers. the team will be trained by army infectious disease experts starting next week. on the sunday talk shows today, the nation's top infectious disease doctor acknowledged that many smaller hospitals around the nation are not fully equipped to deal with any ebola people to think that any hospital, community hospital is totally equipped to care for the patient. they must be able to identify and isolate and then from there get them to a place where you have pre-trained people who know how to do it. >> sreenivasan: we'll have more on ebola right after the news summary. turning overseas now, american warplanes struck isis targets in syria and iraq nearly two dozen times this weekend, according to central command. heavy fighting is still going on in kob
secretary of defense chuck hagel has ordered the creation of an emergency response team in case additional ebola cases are discovered in the united states. a pentagon spokesman said the team of five infectious disease doctors, 20 critical care nurses and five experts on infectious- disease protocols would work alongside civilian health care workers. the team will be trained by army infectious disease experts starting next week. on the sunday talk shows today, the nation's top infectious disease...
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oak hill, a conversation with the united states secretary of defense, chuck hagel. >> we haven't fixed sexual assault and harassment in the military, but we are fixing it. we are getting to where we need to be. that is no sexual assault, no sexual harassment. in the more than year i have been there, i have made this as high a priority in the defense department, top to bottom, bottom up, in every tangible way. it's the one issue i hold a meeting on in my office once a week. i have been doing this months and months. the vice chiefs of service, the heads of our sexual assault prevention offices. we go around the table, what are we doing and not doing? we put sexual assault programs in our academy, in our enlistments, in our basic training. optics. everything we can do, we're doing. >> charlie: the secretary of defense for the hour, next. >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many
oak hill, a conversation with the united states secretary of defense, chuck hagel. >> we haven't fixed sexual assault and harassment in the military, but we are fixing it. we are getting to where we need to be. that is no sexual assault, no sexual harassment. in the more than year i have been there, i have made this as high a priority in the defense department, top to bottom, bottom up, in every tangible way. it's the one issue i hold a meeting on in my office once a week. i have been...
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he has been marvelous, we did an event at the kennedy center, and had senator mccain and hagel and kerry talk about their experiences. >> and you think about just-- john kerry it just, bob kerry was there too, we had a full house. medicine all of honor recipients, i was on that foundation board too so it is kind of an interesting connection. i just think ken is a wonderful story teller. this happens to be his biggest and in some ways on pbs most promoted. >> rose: 18 hours. >> have i been trying to watch t as opposed to watch it all at once. i will tell you a story t is causing conversations which are fascinating. because i what is in my board of directors we had the board meeting, a dinner, 15 of us sitting around. so we talked about our sponsor, showed a clip and how we worked it through, we had david's photographs, he won the pulitzer prize and dave, is a wonderful photographer but he within a pulitzer prize i think at 25 for time magazine, and so we had his photographs. but i said where were you, we had one that was at kent state, one was in chicago, 68y went down to protest in chica
he has been marvelous, we did an event at the kennedy center, and had senator mccain and hagel and kerry talk about their experiences. >> and you think about just-- john kerry it just, bob kerry was there too, we had a full house. medicine all of honor recipients, i was on that foundation board too so it is kind of an interesting connection. i just think ken is a wonderful story teller. this happens to be his biggest and in some ways on pbs most promoted. >> rose: 18 hours. >>...
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defense secretary chuck hagel said he's keeping a close watch on russian actions. >> let's keep the tensions down. let's see no provocative actions by anyone, any military. these are difficult times, we all understand that, but this is a time for very cool, wise leadership. on the russian side, on everybody's side >> woodruff: in washington, secretary of state john kerry said he spoke with russia's foreign minister, who promised to respect ukraine's sovereignty. meanwhile, russian news accounts said ousted ukrainian president viktor yanukovich is sheltering at a kremlin retreat near moscow. there's word he plans a news conference tomorrow. we'll get more on the developing situation, right after the news summary. bomb blasts shook baghdad and other parts of iraq today, killing at least 52 people. most of the deaths came in a motorcycle bombing that struck a shi-ite market. other attacks hit both shi-ite and sunni sections of the city. a wave of violence began last april, and has continued despite government pledges to restore security. in northeastern nigeria, islamist fighters struck again t
defense secretary chuck hagel said he's keeping a close watch on russian actions. >> let's keep the tensions down. let's see no provocative actions by anyone, any military. these are difficult times, we all understand that, but this is a time for very cool, wise leadership. on the russian side, on everybody's side >> woodruff: in washington, secretary of state john kerry said he spoke with russia's foreign minister, who promised to respect ukraine's sovereignty. meanwhile, russian...
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. >> brown: the president tasked secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel to convey that same message to top lawmakers today. president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike. meanwhile, in london, british prime minister david cameron faced a rising chorus of opposition in parliament to attacking syria. he sought to play down fears of a wider war. >> to me the biggest danger of escalation is if the world community, not just britain but america, and others, stand back and do nothing because i think assad will draw very clear conclusions from that. >> brown: france endorsed that sentiment, and the defense minister signaled his nation's military is poised to act. >> ( translated ): the armed forces are in a position to respond to the requests and the decisions of the president once he r
. >> brown: the president tasked secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel to convey that same message to top lawmakers today. president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike....
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between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the best deal he's going to get from the united states. >> suarez:. >> brown: well, the demands for the u.s. and others seems fairly clear and the push for sanctions go on. the iranians say they want the sanctions lifted first. so have you heard anything that suggests it's a sort of vicious cycle in that regard? >> this has also been a perennial challenge that synchronizing negotiations, who makes the first overture, but it's not within the realm of possibilities that the u.s. congress or president obama is going to remove sanctions before the negotiations start and i do see the two sides still being quite f
between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the...
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meanwhile, in washington, defense secretary chuck hagel weighed in at a pentagon briefing. >> north korea has been, with its bellicose rhetoric, its action, has been skating very close to a dangerous line. their actions and words have not helped defuse a combustible situation. >> sreenivasan: north korea has warned all foreign diplomats to leave its capital, pyongyang. but the european union said today there's no need to take such steps. in economic news, there was word the u.s. federal reserve wants to keep longterm interest rates low through at least mid-year. the news came in the minutes of the fed's last meeting. the report gave wall street an early boost, and it never looked back. the dow jones industrial average gained 128 points to close at 14,802. the nasdaq rose 59 points to close at 3,297. saturday home mail delivery is back on for now. the u.s. postal service said today it's delaying plans to end saturday service because congress will not allow the change. back in february, the postal service said it would have to cut back to five-day-a-week delivery by august, to rein in costs
meanwhile, in washington, defense secretary chuck hagel weighed in at a pentagon briefing. >> north korea has been, with its bellicose rhetoric, its action, has been skating very close to a dangerous line. their actions and words have not helped defuse a combustible situation. >> sreenivasan: north korea has warned all foreign diplomats to leave its capital, pyongyang. but the european union said today there's no need to take such steps. in economic news, there was word the u.s....
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after the experience with chuck hagel and the embarrassing teammate of him, mistreatment of my colleague by the white house and the president ash carter is bullet proof and not going to try to sabotage and discredit him in anyway. he's known as a level direct-talking and this is the case. but i just don't -- i do not see -- what the most probably moths disturbing report this week is in palmyra where i.s.i.s. took over in syria they're now providing social services that the syrian government hadn't with hamas and all of a sudden these brutal people are starting to win over popular support among the citizenry. so i look anywhere for good news and i don't find it. >> what the president has to say, he called them a cancer. he said he vowed to eradicate them. does he really think that's necessary or does he think well, we're not going to do anything too significant. we are having bombing sorties against them but not anything too damaging, a few minor victories but not anything clearly setting them on their back foot. so i wish the president would clarify his policy that we really think they'r
after the experience with chuck hagel and the embarrassing teammate of him, mistreatment of my colleague by the white house and the president ash carter is bullet proof and not going to try to sabotage and discredit him in anyway. he's known as a level direct-talking and this is the case. but i just don't -- i do not see -- what the most probably moths disturbing report this week is in palmyra where i.s.i.s. took over in syria they're now providing social services that the syrian government...
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process that is the national security council, she has to convince john kerry, secretary of state, chuck hagel, cia director, all of the principals that she will bring their views honestly and cleanly to the president, so if there is a good decision-making process, and i have watched, i know les gelb has watched, over decades, this can really get messed up. >> absolutely. >> if people feel that the national security advisor is putting his or now her thumb on the scale and affecting the balance. the president isn't getting a clean shake in terms of what his cabinet officers are saying. susan rice will have to be very careful about that. i especially worry that she and john kerry both am bush, eager to make a real mark in american foreign policy are going to be occupying the same policy space and that somehow they will have to get an agreement of rules of the road before they start or i think there is going to be a crackup. >> rose: finally, finally put in samantha power that goes to the united nations, what difference does that make. at the united nations? >> yes. >> i don't think it will make
process that is the national security council, she has to convince john kerry, secretary of state, chuck hagel, cia director, all of the principals that she will bring their views honestly and cleanly to the president, so if there is a good decision-making process, and i have watched, i know les gelb has watched, over decades, this can really get messed up. >> absolutely. >> if people feel that the national security advisor is putting his or now her thumb on the scale and affecting...
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he succeeds chuck hagel, who held the job for less than two years. >> woodruff: european union leaders unanimously agreed today on far-reaching measures to fight terror. they met in brussels and called for removing internet content that is deemed to promote terrorism or extremism. e.u. nations will also share airline passenger data and impose tougher border controls. it's a response to last month's terror attacks in france. >> ifill: at that same summit, greece and its creditors agreed to start talks on possibly revising the greek bailout. the new greek prime minister alexis tsipras, wants an end to austerity measures, but he suggested compromise is possible. >> i'm very confident that altogether we can find a mutually viable solution in order to heal the wounds of austerity, to tackle humanitarian crises across the european union, and to bring europe back to the road of growth and social cohesion. >> ifill: german chancellor angela merkel said her government is also willing to consider compromise. up to now, germany has insisted that greece stick to the existing bailout terms. >> wood
he succeeds chuck hagel, who held the job for less than two years. >> woodruff: european union leaders unanimously agreed today on far-reaching measures to fight terror. they met in brussels and called for removing internet content that is deemed to promote terrorism or extremism. e.u. nations will also share airline passenger data and impose tougher border controls. it's a response to last month's terror attacks in france. >> ifill: at that same summit, greece and its creditors...
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now he has in position chuck hagel at secretary of defense, john kerry as secretary of state who will soon have susan rice as national security advisor and pending senate ratification man? that power as u.n. ambassador. all of whom supported him for the nomination and for election. i mean -- >> pelley: you're saying that's different? >> they're loyalist. well, hillary clinton didn't support him. leon panetta was not an intimate or supporter, even the successor of bob gates, bob gates did not support him. jim jones was not campaigning in iowa for him. >> pelley: what does that say? >> well, it says there's a pulling in of loyalty -- and i'm not saying loyalty rumps ability because these are able people. i think in the case of susan rice there's no question this was very personal with the president. he likes her, he's close to her, he appreciates her support, particularly in 2008 and he knows she was hung out to dry on benghazi, that his administration -- >> woodruff: the so-called talking points. >> it wasn't petraeus, it wasn't clinton, it wasn't panetta who did the five shows, she di
now he has in position chuck hagel at secretary of defense, john kerry as secretary of state who will soon have susan rice as national security advisor and pending senate ratification man? that power as u.n. ambassador. all of whom supported him for the nomination and for election. i mean -- >> pelley: you're saying that's different? >> they're loyalist. well, hillary clinton didn't support him. leon panetta was not an intimate or supporter, even the successor of bob gates, bob...
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defense secretary chuck hagel and the joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey were there, along with others. dempsey said today the issue has become a crisis. in congress, a bipartisan group of senators called for removing commanders from deciding whether sexual assault charges are prosecuted. new york democrat kirsten gillibrand: >> today we're standing on a united front to take on these this issues on with new legislation that will fundamentally remove the decision making from the chain of command and gives that descretions to an experienced military prosecutor where it belongs. >> holman: the pentagon estimated last week there were some 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact last year. most went unreported. and this week, there were allegations of sexual misconduct against an army sergeant whose job was to prevent such crimes. the u.s. house has voted to repeal the president's health care reform law again. it was the 37th time the republican-led house has moved to kill the law since its passage in 2010. as before, the tally was almost entirely down party lines. the de
defense secretary chuck hagel and the joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey were there, along with others. dempsey said today the issue has become a crisis. in congress, a bipartisan group of senators called for removing commanders from deciding whether sexual assault charges are prosecuted. new york democrat kirsten gillibrand: >> today we're standing on a united front to take on these this issues on with new legislation that will fundamentally remove the decision making...
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they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've seen her in the last few minutes but we saw her just before we went on the air. she's there with her husband mark kelly. she and her husband have become the two, i guess, you could say the most prominent faces of this new push to do something about gun violence. they're working with the mayors against... >> exactly. and especially i
they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple...
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he was endorsed by allan simpson, cochair of the longtime republican senate whip, and by chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska and i think from jack daned forth other former republican senator from missouri. >> scott brown is another who lost. joe breesh man is out of the senate of his own free will. >> ifill: but bob kerry moved away from his state for some time, was president of the new york university. his wife wrote an op-ed in which she criticized nebraska. he was not welcomed back to nebraska with open arms. >> and she was a nebraskan. you have dick cavett, johnny carson, and bob kerry. >> it's become a redder state. can i go back to florida? we're seeing numbers out of the miami-dade county, and they're good for obama. the huge hispanic turnout there and particularly huge non-cuban latino turnout. >> ifill: the growing latino population. >> woodruff: is it more than 84%? >> i was just beginning to look. miami-dade took a while to come in and obama outperform ago. >> ifill: that takes us back to something we touched on during the evening and we probably should
he was endorsed by allan simpson, cochair of the longtime republican senate whip, and by chuck hagel, the former republican senator from nebraska and i think from jack daned forth other former republican senator from missouri. >> scott brown is another who lost. joe breesh man is out of the senate of his own free will. >> ifill: but bob kerry moved away from his state for some time, was president of the new york university. his wife wrote an op-ed in which she criticized nebraska....